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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

HENRY WATTERsoN has invited Francis Muir
ply, the temperance apostle, to labor in Louis
vile.
Mr.. RANDOLPH TUCKER smokes cigar as
school girl manipulates a stick of candy--takes
half of it in his mouth at once
GOVERNOR TAYLOR, of Tennessee, has an
nounced his intention to pardon all persons in
the penitentiary under fifteen years of age
MRS FRANK LESLIE is of Huguenot extrac-
ton, and was born in the French quarter of
New Orleans. She speaks French, Spanish.
Italian, German and English with equal f1ueney
THE one blight on the Hon. William S. Hol
mans life is that his son. Paul Holman. wears
tight trousers and has no more appreciation of
good whisky than he has respect for Jacksonian
principles.
SENATOR SPooNER will be among the wander
ing stars of Congress this summer He and Mrs
Spooner will sail next month for Europe, for a
tour of-at present-indefinite length and di-
rection 1t is probable, however, that he will be
back before the opening of Congress.
A MEMBER of London library lately wanted
to borrow Rider Haggards story 'She" 1t
was out at the time. but few days after he g.
ceived a postal card which ran: 9. She has come
in and will be kept for until the 8th." His
wife read the card, and for q time there was a
tragic air about that house.
IT is estimated that the Hebrew capital en-.
gagged in tho importation. manufacture and job
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A Question About Reserve Banks.

Washington Special.
The House recently passed bill to enlarge
the number of reserve cities. The Senate, at
the request of Western banks including several
in Chicago inserted amendment which de-
prived New York city of the exclusive privileges
which it now has. and authorized the keeping of
part of the reserve in other cities. The Senate
amendment now provides that bank in any re-
servo city keep one half of its reserve In any
other reserve city. Representative Adams, OF
Chicago. who has taken an active interest in
this measure, has received letters from Chicago
banks crticisinc this amendment on the ground
that any bank that is to keep part of its re-
serves in other reserve cities ought to be com
PEELED to keep 30 per cent in its own vaults
The Comptroller of the Currency believes that
it is not necessary for a bank to keep more than
l5 ne7 Gems, :a rs vaults :S &c ;:c.:.es that
the Senate bill oe amended by striking ont one.
half and inserting two-thirds. The effect OF
such an amendment would be that banks would
be required to keep Is per cent in their own
vaults. and could keep the remaining 10 per
cent in any other reserve city, The bill has
been favorably reported to the Senate.
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HOW TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK.
returns.

We have a way out of the deadlock. Let
the Democratic members of the Senate recog-
nize situation for which they are in no wise
responsible so that the interests of the State
shall not suffer. They are not responsible for
the action of the House. They could not
alter it if they wished. They are not respon-
sible for the action of the people in .electing
Robert S. Robertson Lieutenant governor
They are not responsible for the Constitution
of The State saying that the Lieutenant
governor shall be President of the Senate.
They are not responsible for the Constitution
prohibiting the Senate from electing its own
President. They are not responsible for the
Constitution saying how and where contested
elections for Lieutenant governor shall be
settled They are not responsible for the
statute that governs how such contests shall
be brought. They are not responsible, prob
ably, for the fact that no contest was brought
within the specified time. They are not
responsible for the Supreme Court decisions.
They are not responsible for any of these
things. They cannot help them. Therefore,
they should recognize the inevitable, and let
legislation proceed. Besides allowing legis-
lation to proceed, they will also obey the Con-
stitution and the laws. We commend this plan
of breaking the deadlock to the News,
and suggest that it recommend it to the Dem
ocratic revolutionists, for whom it has assumed
to be both organ and apologist. 1t may have
influence enough with its friends to secure the
adoption of this plain, feasible, legal and hon
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oil is an important item to my firm" The
cotton seed oil product is about is, 900. 900
gallons year and Mr.. Armour says his firm
uses one-ffth of it sin manufactures of lard
and hog products This is frank, to say the
least. Cotton seed oil is useful and perhaps
healthy article, but just why it should be
used so largely in the manufacture of lard
will probably puzzle most folks. The admis-
sion Of Mr.. Armour goes to show the neces-
sity Of more stringent legislation relative to
the adulteration of foods.
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prevail" A mass-meeting was held, and the
decision was denounced as VIGOROUSLY partisan

prevail" A mass meeting was held and the
decision was denounced as VIGOROUSLY partisan
and unjust. It figured largely in the fall
campaign. The Journal did make the State
ring with the outrage. The odium Of this
partisan decision was more than the Demo
Gratis could carry. In the October election
they were defeated by 1000, and Garfield car
ried the State in November by G, 64o majority.
THE Republicans elected the Governor and
entire State ticket, and the party that
had expected to profit by parti-
san decision was driven out Of power.
The constitutional amendments were sub
mitted again to the people at special cleo
ton, and were all ratified by largely increased
majorities In the election of April, 1880.
the lowest majority for any amendment was
ZIG, and the largest was 49,9S2 At the
election held March IA, 1881, the smallest
the largest was 9O,3s6. This was the reply
of the people to Supreme Court which had
undertaken to overthrow popular election,
and such always should and always will be the
reply of free people to the partisan decision
of court that NEEDLES in politics. The
present court has escaped that peril, though
one Of the judges who joined in the partisan
| decision of 1880 also gives an extrajudicial
opinion now against the legality of Colonel
| Robertsons election. This judge was against
the people in 1880, and he is against then,
now Though the court has escaped the trap
into which it fell in 1880, the Democratic
party occupies much the same position. Now,
as then, it is endeavoring to overthrow ar
| election and thwart the will of the people
and now, as then the people will respond BY
driving it out of power.
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application

So far as we remember, the question has
never been tested in this State as TO the civil
liability of lynchers for the death of victim.
The suit brought in the federal court against
certain citizens of Dearborn county for the
lynching of one Watkins last summer will
raise the question. The suit is brought by
the administrator of the deceased, on behalf
of his heirs, and he lays his damages at $1o,-
900. 1t would have most healthy effect if
some Of the executors of lynch law could be
criminally prosecuted and punished, but a
judgment for good, round damages will be a
step in the right direction.
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CONGRESSMAN RICE's MISTAKE.
His Attempr to Break Into a Lady's Cham
Der, Thinking 1t His Own.
Washington Special.

Washington Special.
At the close OF asst nights session of the
House. which did not adiourn until after o'clock.
Congressman HIT of Illinois; Rice Of Massach-
usetts, and two others were driven to their
homes in the same carriage The last to be dis
charged was Mr.. Rice. who lives at l34l L.
street The house adjoining that in part occu-
pied by Mr. Rice is so similar in architectural
construction and furniture both exterior and
interior, that it is difficult to distinguish
from the other. Mr.. Rice assembled the steps of
the wrong number; his night key fitted the lock
the same as his own door. He was soon within
and upon the floor corresponding to thatof his
own rooms The door leading from the Hall to
his supposed apartment was locked, which
naturally aroused his temper, which is generally
tranquil and gentle. He turned the knob the
second and third times, and still no progress
He then took his heavy cane and fairly battered
down the door. This so aroused tho ocsurant
of the inner chamber that cries Of "who is thatl'
came loud and often.
sit is me- shouted the Massachusetts Con-
gresham, 'sand want to come n'
II do not know vou," came from the scared
and halffrenZied occupant land besides. you
have no business in here" 1t was the voice Of
that of his wife. who desired to prepetrate a
practical joke on him, He gave the door still
heavier and harder knock with his cane and
demanded that it be opened at once. By this
time the fair occupant was wild with fear and
rage. She appealed in tones of fright, coupled
with a threat that unless the intruder mmedi-
ately departed she would sound general alarm,
arouse the inmates of the house and have him
given over to the police.
"Are not these my own rooms!' demanded Mr..
Rice.
sThey are not. and no Congressman by the
name OF Rice lives in this house." shouted the
irate female.
is not this No. 134l L street," said the Con-
gresham.
''No. sir; it is not The figures painted on
the glass over the door read .l343 and IL you
were not intoxicated you could have read them. !"
At this Mr.. Rice retraced his steps down the
stairs, and to his establishment made the dis
covery that he was in the wrong house. He
had hardly reached the storm doors when q
gentleman from the inside came down with a
pistol in his hand The Congressman, who is
always polite, made the necessary explanations
and entered his own residence feeling, aa he ex-
pressed it, '.that he had narrowly escaped with
his life." Two new and different locks were
placed upon the respective doors this morning.
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THE substance of DR.. Harrison's testimony
in favor of himself is that his neighbors and
acqraintances are certainly mistaken in re-
gard 70 his reputation, antecedents aud record.
If lie knows himself, and he thinks he does,
he is a gentleman of high character, and just
the man for president of the Insane Hospital
board Now call ex Warden Howard and let
him testify in his own behalf. 1t is a shame
20 see good men prosecuted by cruel combi-
aaton of facts.
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How is che public to know the truthg One
Washington correspondent comes out with the
fiat-footed announcement that Secretary B.yard
is about to marry young woman now employed
clerk in the State Department. Another cor
respondent asserts with equal positiveness that
Mr.. Bayard is going to do nothing of the sort
and reviles the author of the story with what
seems like uncalled for violence, when the num-
Der of unauthorized statements which emanate
from Washington literary bureaus is consd-
ered AS matter of fact it is extremely prob
able that neither the Secretary nor the young
woman has taken either correspondent into
their confidence. and that, therefore, while one
statement the other must be correct. it is i'm
possible to know which one Come to think Of
it it is nobody's business anyway, and the coun-
try will survive in any event.
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SOME Of the would be wits Of the press are
amusing themselves by perpetrating feeble
jokes on the subject of Dr. Mary Walkers
application for a pension. When the New
jersey poet Walt Whitman, recently asked
for pension these same writer's waxed
eloquent in urging his claim and in enlarg-
ing upon the magnitude Of his services as
army nurse during the war; A reference to
all the testimony which is open to the public
will show that Whitmans services were of
less value than DR.. Walkers, that he suffered
less exposure than did that daring little
woman and that he is far less deserving of a
reward Of merit The fact that he is now in
want was used as an argument in his favor,
but there is nothing to show that he might
not have had competence had he chosen to
exert himself during the years following the
war, instead Of indulging in idleness and the
luxury Of writing verses which are barred out
of many respectable libraries. DR.. Mary
Walker is eccentric and unpleasantly peculiar,
but she rendered valuable services to Union
soldiers both as nurse and physician, and
with the precedent set in Whitman's case,
Congress cannot consistently refuse bel
application
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

Az examination of the record shows that
the President has approved eight bills for
has vetoed eight, all in Northern States ex-
cept one. Such cities as Houston. Tex,
Augusta, Ga. Greensboro, Ky, Ell Paso, Tex,
Jacksonville, Fla, and Savannah Ga, get
public buildings, while Dayton and Zanes-
vile, O.. Lafayette, Ind, and other Northern
cities, are denied them. The President seems
TO be looking to sofia South, and wants the
public money to go where it will do the
most good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

THE Y. NJ c. A. State convention, now in
session at the Tabernacle Church, should at
tract the attention and presence of all persons
interested in moral and religious work, ard
particularly such work among young men.
This convention promises to be of much more
than usual interest and profit The presence
of Rev. DR.. Brookes, of st. Louis, is of itself
an event. His address last night was one of
che most masterful ever heard by any audi
snce. He has consented to remain for another
day, and will continue his address on the
Inspiration of the Bible this morning at IL
o'clock, and also give Bible readings at $50
this afternoon and at s o'clock tonight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04
MICHAEL PURCELRS FORTUNE.
An Employe of the Street Cleaning Depart.
ment Comes Into Possession of $115, 900.

LOUISVILLE, March 3.-Michael Purcell, 90
Irish laborer working on the STRENGTHENING
force of this city, has come into the possession
of property amounting to $4,000 The story
runs thus: In the spring of 1870 the Purcell
family emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland,
and settled in Louisville. In 1880, Morris Pur-
cell, an uncle Of Michael Purcell, came over
from Ireland and engaged in business in New
York city as ship-chandler and shipping agent
His business succeeded, and he soon
had accumulated quite large sum of
money, all of which he invested
in real estate in New York city. He continued
in business. and as fast as he made money in
vested it in properly. In 1850 the ship-chandler
married. His wife died in 1860, without leaving
issue He then brought to this country John
Purcell, a nephewy&nd brother to Michael, and
took him into his business All of Mr.. Purcell'f
business ventures were successful, and his real
| estate interests assumed large proportions.
Two years ago he died, bequeath'
ing his possessions equally to his
nephews John and Michael. The brothers
had not correspondent. and had not seen each
other since John left Ireland, twenty five years
previously. John Purcell. Immediately after
the death of his uncle, left for Ireland to find his
brother, whom he still supposed to be in Lon.
donderry Here he found that be, also, had en-
grated, and of their friends or relatives
had heard from him since. and die not know in
what city i'll America he had settled. John
Purcell advertised for his brother, but could not
get any response Finally he met a
man who had known Michael in Cncin-
natl during the short time he had lived
| there Working on this clew, he wrote the
| authorities of that city. and found that his
| brother and his family had gone from Cincinnati
| to this city. To-day Colonel Whallen received
letter from John Purcell who now lives at
145l Third avenue corner of Eighty first street.
New York, asking him to institute search for his
brother. whom he supposed to still be in
| Louisville Sergeant Hid and Officer Burke
| found the family and took Michael Purcell to the
chiefs office, where he was told Of his good fort
| une. The news almost overpowed the old man,
who had lived 80 long in poverty, and he hurried
home to break the rews to his invalid wife aud
children Michael accompanied by his son
| Patrick, will leave at once for New York to
claim the property. The letter to Colonel Whal-
len states that the old mans share amounts to
$l15 0OO all in real estate. Michael is past sixty
years, and has large family.
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Another Democratic RecaIcitrant.

L. j. Hackney, the Democratic politician OF
Shelbyville, has been interviewed by the Gin
cinnati Times Star regarding the situation. aud
he said
II think the Democrats are in the wrong now
It looks to me that after the Supreme Court de.
cision there should have been no further oppose
ton to Lieutenant governor Robertson taking
his seat. The Supreme Courtssaid the Legsla.
ture should pass upon it, and when the votes
were canvassed and Robertson declared elected.
l think that was all that is necessary. The Dem
ocrats have gone far enough. and should now
yield to the right"
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orable method for breaking the ead-lock,
and permitting the pressing business of the
State to proceed unchecked.

IT is almost hopeless task to argue legal
point with the News but that organ of the
revolutionists having been driven from every
other absurdity, it may possibly sometime
abandon its proposition that the Republicans
by acting for time with the Senate under the
presidency of Green Smith, affected their
present attitude Of non-intercourse. We
have never heard of anybody who ques-
toned the de facto presidency of
Green Smith under the resolution of
Senator Sellers, adopted on the first day of the
session in the absence Of the Lieutenant gov
ernor; nor his continued presidency during the
time that Colonel Robertson obeyed the in
junction of the Marion Civil Circuit Court.
But when that injunction was dissolved, and
Colonel Robertson presented himself in
the Senate chamber, gave official no.
tice that he was present and ready
to preside, and attempted to take the chair,
he being elected from the chamber by force,
the condition of affairs was constitutionally,
legally and practically changed OF course,
the merest tyro in law knows this; but the
hot-footed organ of the reyolutionists, with
its newborn zeal and its masterful ignoranc e
of any possible idea of legal principle, is
blind to the change The people, however.
are not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

SIR HENRY JAMES not only opposes the
movement in favor of woman suffrage in
England, but also wants law passed to en-
join women from influencing the votes of
men. Sir Henry, who evidently has Lady
Randolph Churchil's example in mind seems
to be gentleman who was left over from the
last century
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

Mr.. ARMOUR, the Chicago packer says in
published interview: ''The use of cotton
seed oil in manufactures Of lard and hog
years that my establishments alone consume
one-fifth Of the total cotton oil produced in
the United States. Hence the cotton seed
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ant-governor Of the State and by virtue of thai
office, presiding officer of the Senate mo
Compromise should be the battle-cry.
Sullivan Union: A political earthquake is
feeling around for the Democratic party of Tndi-
ana. and Will swallow 1t up about next election
time.
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WE again ask, who are the men who have
recognized" Green Smith on their pay war
rants since the 25th of February? Name
them, or stop the poll parrot clatter. No
Senator has to have the name Of Green Smith
to his warrant for his per diem. Green Smith
does not hold the salary Of Senators in his
awful grasp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

THERE is no occasion 70 worry the Senate
judiciary committee into making report on
the resolution cutting off the pay Of Repub-
lican Senators. They will be paid for full
time, without the warrant of Green Smith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

GREEN SMITH, the usurper, seems DESTROYS
to be known in history as the Great Expunger
The people will attend to his case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

ALL that IS necessary to break the deadlock
is for the Republicans to yield and submit to
the Democratic usurpation. So says the
News. How would it do for the Democrats
to veid9 The Republicans have quit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

If it should transpire that Governor Gray is
using Green Smith as club to beat Turpies
brains out with, there would probably be a
spell of highly decorative cursing among the
friends of the deceased.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

CHICAGO has ten police matrons. Indianap-
oils ought, at least, to have one. Why does
not the social purity society push the NATTER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

GOVERNOR GRAY was given an opportunity
TO officially join the Democratic revolution.
lie embraced it.
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WILL some able Democratic lawyer please
expound Section 10, Article 4, of the Consti-
tuition, which positively prohibits the Senate
from electing its President?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

THE expunging of the Lieutenant govern
ors signature by the pretender who presides
over the Senate was in keeping with his other
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can De found at the following places
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At Ottawa. Ont, the hearing Of the case "a
set aside the Blake transmitter patent was con.
cluded yesterday before the Minister of Avyi.
culture, who gavo decision vcidiug the patent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

THIS il the last day of Congress. 1t will
adjourn before noon to-day, at the expiration
Of the legislative day Of March 8.
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A Pleasing Group.

Philadelphia Press.
Now that Berhhardt Is In Washington wa
should like to see her and Mr.. Cleveland photo.
graphed in q group People would GO through
thick and thin for picture like that
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THE News says the Republicans have been
badly advised. Considering the industry with
which the little paper has ladled out advice
all winter this admission is somewhat dam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

ONI- seven hundred and thirty-one more
DAYS G. Cleveland.
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TIE people will do the expunging in 1888